were killed and at least 45 injured in the Peruvian Amazon in a just such a conflict. In April, the Peruvian government granted mineral rights for tribal groups’ ancestral lands to foreign companies without the free prior and informed consent required by the U.N. After months of peaceful protests by indigenous groups, the conflict took a violent turn on Friday when 650 police officers attempted to clear protesters blocking an access road. It’s unclear whether protesters or police first turned violent, but both groups suffered fatalities.

This conflict is another chapter in the history of exploitation of the Amazon for which a soon-to-be-decided lawsuit is attempting to hold San Ramon-based Chevron responsible.

The Peruvian conflict has echoes worldwide as lands are usurped from indigenous groups in Canada for logging, mining, and oil extraction, in Indonesia for palm oil plantations, and so on. Meanwhile, indigenous groups must battle to gain access to international climate talks. Their interests are not, clearly, represented by their national delegates.